Ikumi’s main purpose for attending DWMA was to help those who couldn't help themselves, as well as finding a path of life that she cancould focus on. When her father had mentioned DWMA as a choice, she immediately accepted, looking forward to the path and attempting to adjust to the life of a student forging ahead. Leading up to this, she was a one trackone-track mind, doing as she was told and struggling to gain control of her emotions., and attempts to think as positively as possible, sometimes leading to denial. As a younger child, she grew up in a small, cozy house with her family in the southern area of Japan, not having any financial or social issues at all. Her father would drink from time to time, but it never became too much of a difficulty. She chose the EAT Class Insteadinstead of others because she assumed it would eventually become a permanent future for her, not to mention becoming a potential death scythe, would give her a near endless purpose to others, which suited her greatly, since helping others has always been an outlet for her.